Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Empire and liberty.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Hatred is settled anger.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

While there's life, there's hope.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Laws are silent in time of war.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.